Editorial charter for european union contract | euronews

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To fulfil its four European Missions to Inform, EURONEWS has devised various Modules to fit better into its overall programme schedule. Below is an inventory describing their content (format, length and structure). 3.1.1 NEWS MANDATORY & SPECIFICS The production will be fed primarily by EURONEWS own newsgathering, driven by the enhanced production and journalistic capabilities, focusing more on our own original journalism, first-hand accounts, reactions and graphic elements, in order to decrease the use of news agencies. Produced by specialist journalists, with content supplied by EbS but also footage from EBU member agencies or television channels, the Post-produced News packages give an update on a hot topic attracting public attention in Brussels or Strasbourg and in the member countries. The essential news about European institutions takes a central place in EURONEWS’ daily schedule, but is subject to increased editorial stringency compared to previous formats and to the general treatment of international news. 3.1.2 LIVE COVERAGE There is only one Module in this fourth and final European Mission to Inform: live broadcasts, with commentary and translation in seven languages, of the big events to do with the European Union and its institutions (European Parliament sessions, debates and votes; European Council meetings, press conferences, visits by heads of state and government, celebrations and commemorations, etc.). This direct access to the main events in European public life lets viewers make their own judgements about the decisions taken by the Union’s top bodies. These Live broadcasts may vary widely in length, depending on the event. On average, they will be 40′ long. They will amount to a yearly total of 31 hours and 20 minutes. 3.1.3 EUROPEAN CORRESPONDENT NETWORK EURONEWS’ freelance network focused on putting the spotlight on European citizens and their challenges and achievements. Our coverage included topics such as the Swedish elections, anti-corruption protests in Romania, the Catalunya crisis in Spain, the bridge collapse tragedy in Italy, the San Sebastian film festival in Spain as well as numerous other daily stories from Eastern Europe to the West of Europe. Having original content, featuring the voices of those living through the stories we tell has had a positive impact on output. Stories from our freelance network perform on average more than four times better than other stories on our website. EURONEWS brings the voices of Europeans from all corners of the continent into our overall focus on the wishes, choices and issues of Europeans at a crucial moment in its history with the elections of 2019 (see Improving News Coverage section). 3.2.1 THE BRIEF FROM BRUSSELS The Brief from Brussels is a daily news segment complementing EURONEWS’ overall world news coverage, bringing EURONEWS’ daily European affairs coverage into a designated news spotlight. Launched in 2016, The Brief from Brussels has quickly become a strong contribution to EURONEWS daily news coverage, by bringing a new impetus in our European Affairs coverage through content and presentation. The Brief from Brussels is an evening prime-time presence, included in the evening presented news bulletins on World and all languages, but still marking it as such with dedicated graphics. EURONEWS’ European Affairs journalists in Brussels will produce a combination of daily “mandatory” stories as well as “multiplex” ones (several language journalists coming together to produce a common story, each bringing his/her own national ingredients into the pan-European mix), both on the live channel and the other languages channels. Each journalist will present these stories on camera, targeting their own audiences as well as each journalist going into the field to cover their own content, which is the mixed together into a global output by the Brussels bureau. EURONEWS World will cover the selected topics in the live formats of this channel through a flexible variety of elements: voice-overs on videos and graphics and main soundbites. 3.2.2 STATE OF THE UNION Launched in 2016, The “State of the Union” quickly established itself as a flagship program in our European Affairs news reporting, through the comprehensive content selection and analysis. The State of the Union is the weekly round-up of the main European political stories, focusing on the main evolutions of the elections campaign, the post-elections developments and the headline making events and their reverberations across Europe. The program is presented by a Euronews Brussels journalist, recorded and produced on Friday, and broadcast from Friday evening through the weekend until Sunday evening. 3.2.3 INSIDERS Insiders was launch in April 2016 as a 20-minute weekly program of investigative reporting, focused on European issues with different perspectives. The aim is to tell the often unreported or under-reported stories of European citizens and the challenges they face — be they economic, social or political. Insiders is promoted digitally, not only on euronews.com but also with products especially designed for social media such as one-minute or less cut-downs of the show’s most poignant interviews and/or excerpts and short teasers for the program. 3.2.4 THE GLOBAL CONVERSATION Conversations without filters, without digressions and without cuts. This is the idea behind “Uncut – a special edition of the Global Conversation”, our unedited one-on-one interviews; a format we have successfully developed in 2018. Uncut is an evolution of our flagship program The Global Conversation, where our leading journalists speak to high-profile guests about politics, business, culture and sport. We will also keep developing the “All Views” strategy in the program, by inviting two or more guests offering different visions on an issue during some key episodes. Uncut and Global Conversation are highly promoted on air and on our digital platforms. We regularly produce subtitled videos with the highlights of the show, along with articles and pictures that are highly share-able on the social platforms. 3.2.5 MAGAZINES FROM DIFFERENT DGS OF THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION Over the past years, EURONEWS has consolidated a streamlined set of flagship programmes that present a pan-European perspective not only on the big stories of the day but on issues that affect Europeans that slip under the radar of other international media. The ‘All Views’ message will remain at the heart of our magazines. Produced by journalists from across Europe, and with the mission to report from all corners of the continent and beyond, these magazines reflect the points of view, perspectives and opinions of as broad a cross section of Europeans as possible. This plurality of views remains a crucial mission statement for EURONEWS. We continue to emphasize and innovate our current affairs output and enrich the content of programmes produced in partnership with the DGs. We see these programmes as a contribution to the dialogue and debate in the European public sphere, but also – reflecting the changing times we live in – juxtaposing, comparing and analyzing the national perspectives that reflect the enormous diversity of cultures and values across the Union. The programmes co-funded by the DGs of the European Commission include: * Aid Zone * Business Planet * Futuris * Ocean * Real Economy * Smart Regions Besides the qualitative undertakings made above, EURONEWS also gives its viewers guarantees on how many units of each module will be broadcast yearly. Each European Mission to Inform thus has a clearly stated presence in the EURONEWS grid and programming.

To fulfil its four European Missions to Inform, EURONEWS has devised various Modules to fit better into its overall programme schedule. Below is an inventory describing their content


(format, length and structure). 3.1.1 NEWS MANDATORY & SPECIFICS The production will be fed primarily by EURONEWS own newsgathering, driven by the enhanced production and journalistic


capabilities, focusing more on our own original journalism, first-hand accounts, reactions and graphic elements, in order to decrease the use of news agencies. Produced by specialist


journalists, with content supplied by EbS but also footage from EBU member agencies or television channels, the Post-produced News packages give an update on a hot topic attracting public


attention in Brussels or Strasbourg and in the member countries. The essential news about European institutions takes a central place in EURONEWS’ daily schedule, but is subject to increased


editorial stringency compared to previous formats and to the general treatment of international news. 3.1.2 LIVE COVERAGE There is only one Module in this fourth and final European Mission


to Inform: live broadcasts, with commentary and translation in seven languages, of the big events to do with the European Union and its institutions (European Parliament sessions, debates


and votes; European Council meetings, press conferences, visits by heads of state and government, celebrations and commemorations, etc.). This direct access to the main events in European


public life lets viewers make their own judgements about the decisions taken by the Union’s top bodies. These Live broadcasts may vary widely in length, depending on the event. On average,


they will be 40′ long. They will amount to a yearly total of 31 hours and 20 minutes. 3.1.3 EUROPEAN CORRESPONDENT NETWORK EURONEWS’ freelance network focused on putting the spotlight on


European citizens and their challenges and achievements. Our coverage included topics such as the Swedish elections, anti-corruption protests in Romania, the Catalunya crisis in Spain, the


bridge collapse tragedy in Italy, the San Sebastian film festival in Spain as well as numerous other daily stories from Eastern Europe to the West of Europe. Having original content,


featuring the voices of those living through the stories we tell has had a positive impact on output. Stories from our freelance network perform on average more than four times better than


other stories on our website. EURONEWS brings the voices of Europeans from all corners of the continent into our overall focus on the wishes, choices and issues of Europeans at a crucial


moment in its history with the elections of 2019 (see Improving News Coverage section). 3.2.1 THE BRIEF FROM BRUSSELS The Brief from Brussels is a daily news segment complementing EURONEWS’


overall world news coverage, bringing EURONEWS’ daily European affairs coverage into a designated news spotlight. Launched in 2016, The Brief from Brussels has quickly become a strong


contribution to EURONEWS daily news coverage, by bringing a new impetus in our European Affairs coverage through content and presentation. The Brief from Brussels is an evening prime-time


presence, included in the evening presented news bulletins on World and all languages, but still marking it as such with dedicated graphics. EURONEWS’ European Affairs journalists in


Brussels will produce a combination of daily “mandatory” stories as well as “multiplex” ones (several language journalists coming together to produce a common story, each bringing his/her


own national ingredients into the pan-European mix), both on the live channel and the other languages channels. Each journalist will present these stories on camera, targeting their own


audiences as well as each journalist going into the field to cover their own content, which is the mixed together into a global output by the Brussels bureau. EURONEWS World will cover the


selected topics in the live formats of this channel through a flexible variety of elements: voice-overs on videos and graphics and main soundbites. 3.2.2 STATE OF THE UNION Launched in 2016,


The “State of the Union” quickly established itself as a flagship program in our European Affairs news reporting, through the comprehensive content selection and analysis. The State of the


Union is the weekly round-up of the main European political stories, focusing on the main evolutions of the elections campaign, the post-elections developments and the headline making events


and their reverberations across Europe. The program is presented by a Euronews Brussels journalist, recorded and produced on Friday, and broadcast from Friday evening through the weekend


until Sunday evening. 3.2.3 INSIDERS Insiders was launch in April 2016 as a 20-minute weekly program of investigative reporting, focused on European issues with different perspectives. The


aim is to tell the often unreported or under-reported stories of European citizens and the challenges they face — be they economic, social or political. Insiders is promoted digitally, not


only on euronews.com but also with products especially designed for social media such as one-minute or less cut-downs of the show’s most poignant interviews and/or excerpts and short teasers


for the program. 3.2.4 THE GLOBAL CONVERSATION Conversations without filters, without digressions and without cuts. This is the idea behind “Uncut – a special edition of the Global


Conversation”, our unedited one-on-one interviews; a format we have successfully developed in 2018. Uncut is an evolution of our flagship program The Global Conversation, where our leading


journalists speak to high-profile guests about politics, business, culture and sport. We will also keep developing the “All Views” strategy in the program, by inviting two or more guests


offering different visions on an issue during some key episodes. Uncut and Global Conversation are highly promoted on air and on our digital platforms. We regularly produce subtitled videos


with the highlights of the show, along with articles and pictures that are highly share-able on the social platforms. 3.2.5 MAGAZINES FROM DIFFERENT DGS OF THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION Over the


past years, EURONEWS has consolidated a streamlined set of flagship programmes that present a pan-European perspective not only on the big stories of the day but on issues that affect


Europeans that slip under the radar of other international media. The ‘All Views’ message will remain at the heart of our magazines. Produced by journalists from across Europe, and with the


mission to report from all corners of the continent and beyond, these magazines reflect the points of view, perspectives and opinions of as broad a cross section of Europeans as possible.


This plurality of views remains a crucial mission statement for EURONEWS. We continue to emphasize and innovate our current affairs output and enrich the content of programmes produced in


partnership with the DGs. We see these programmes as a contribution to the dialogue and debate in the European public sphere, but also – reflecting the changing times we live in –


juxtaposing, comparing and analyzing the national perspectives that reflect the enormous diversity of cultures and values across the Union. The programmes co-funded by the DGs of the


European Commission include: * Aid Zone * Business Planet * Futuris * Ocean * Real Economy * Smart Regions Besides the qualitative undertakings made above, EURONEWS also gives its viewers


guarantees on how many units of each module will be broadcast yearly. Each European Mission to Inform thus has a clearly stated presence in the EURONEWS grid and programming.